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Real-time phase-dependent occupational radiation exposure analysis in full-endoscopic spine surgery
…during needle and sheath setup. These are over-apron dosimeter readings, not health outcomes.
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AST Standards for Ionizing Radiation Exposure
…apron inspection and storage, time-distance-shielding, dosimeter placement, eye and thyroid protection, pregnancy policies and radionuclide precautions.
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Radiation Awareness for EVAR in Hybrid Operating Room: An Instant Operator Risk Chart
…with brachial versus femoral access. These are over-apron dosimeter readings, not health outcomes.
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Recording interventionalists' occupational dose by clinical procedure: a novel approach to radiation safety
In one Spanish hospital, linking electronic dosimeters to each procedure showed interventional cardiologists and radiologists where their dose came from, such as spinal injections and biliary…
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Effect of Vascular Access Site Choice on Radiation Exposure During Coronary Angiography: The REVERE Trial (Randomized Evaluation of Vascular Entry Site and Radiation Exposure)
…are small in absolute terms and measured per procedure by dosimeter rather than as health outcomes. Abstract only, so dosimeter placement and operator details are not described.
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What special considerations apply to pregnant workers in cath labs?
…(which triggers additional monitoring), wear a fetal badge under the apron, be assigned a qualified expert advisor, potentially modify work duties to reduce exposure, and receive monthly dose reports.…
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Pattern and degree of radiation exposure during endovascular surgery performed using a mobile C-arm or in a hybrid room
…room with a ceiling screen gave higher lower-body doses. Dosimeter readings, not health outcomes.
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Mobile Head CT with Integrated Radiation Shielding Reduces the Need for Additional Personal Protective Equipment
Over 3 months, no area or eye lens dosimeter exceeded its minimum detectable level. (<0.05 mSv ambient; <0.1 mSv eye lens)
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Whole-body radiation exposure in Trauma and Orthopaedic surgery
Lead aprons reduced measured dose by about 91% (outside versus inside thermoluminescent dosimeters (TLDs)). (mean outside 163 µGy vs inside 14.4 µGy; 91.1% reduction)
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Comparative Effectiveness of Immersive Virtual Reality and Traditional Didactic Training on Radiation Safety in Medical Professionals: A Crossover Study
…for workload or case complexity between years, unverified dosimeter placement and self-reported satisfaction and confidence; the stated eye-lens outcome conflicts with dosimeters placed on aprons, and…
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Modern Fixed Imaging Systems Reduce Radiation Exposure To Patients And Providers
…aneurysm repair (EVAR) and SFA procedures, and surgeons' badge doses also fell. Badge readings are dosimetry, not health outcomes.
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Factors Contributing To Radiation Dose For Patients And Operators During Diagnostic Cardiac Angiography
Limits: Single-centre retrospective analysis with a single dosimeter on the thyroid collar of the primary operator only; use of the ceiling-suspended shield, kV, mAs and beam geometry were not…
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Occupational Protection in Interventional Radiology. A Joint Guideline of the Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe and the Society of Interventional Radiology
Two-dosimeter monitoring is recommended by ICRP and National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP) for interventionalists; hand and eye dosimeters may be added for specific…
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SIR-CIRSE Joint Guideline on Occupational Radiation Protection
…ceiling and table shields, and eye protection, wear two dosimeters, and use patient dose-reduction techniques, noting that properly protected interventional radiologists typically receive 2-4 mSv per…
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Radiation exposure to operating room personnel and patients during endovascular procedures
The dosimeter on the anesthesia equipment received more radiation per case than the average operator, attributed to ineffective shielding; scrub nurse and technologist received less. (anesthesia +143…
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Radiation eye dose to medical staff during respiratory endoscopy under X-ray fluoroscopy
…the 20 mSv/year lens limit; nurses received less. Neck badges tended to underestimate eye dose.
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Assessment of Radiation Dose in Neurointerventional Procedures Using a Modern Digital Fluoroscopy System
…eye and extremity doses were inferred from collar and body dosimeters rather than dedicated eye or ring dosimeters as far as the abstract states. Country and shielding use are not reported in the…
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Do any states allow alternatives to wearing lead aprons?
…staff who choose not to wear one must wear a real-time dosimeter, and a radiation safety officer may still require aprons in defined circumstances. New York's rewritten Part 16, in effect July 22,…
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Occupational exposure to ionizing radiation in medical staff: trends during the 2009-2019 period in a multicentric study
Limits: Retrospective registry data from a single chest dosimeter worn under the apron, with doses below 0.05 mSv recorded as zero and possible non-wearing of dosimeters; workers who changed jobs were…
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Harriet Brooks (1876–1933)
…to identifying radon. She did it by hand, in an age before dosimeters, before shielding, before a single dose limit existed.
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